Gameboy Camera and Printer

[Muggie]

Who here had or remember the Gameboy Camera? That thing was amazing at the time. I remember taking pictures and using the Gameboy Printer to print them out on this roll of special paper. In certain games like Link's Awakening, you could print out "screenshots".


Those were the days.

 

[Prometheus]

I had them! They truly were fantastic. It was always hilarious using the Game Boy Camera for taking pictures of unsuspecting souls, and then using them as a "Game Face" for the built-in games. The printables in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe were quite good, too.


To say that I'm quite pleased with the spiritual Game Boy Camera follow-up that exists in the firmware of the Nintendo 3DS is an understatement.

 

[cinaed666]

I want one, as I never got them

 

[ManlyStump]

I had the camera but not the printer! I was kinda hoping this was a thread about using webcams to emulate the gameboy camera with a gameboy emulator! Has anyone done that does anyone know?

 

[moz]

I was kinda hoping this was a thread about using webcams to emulate the gameboy camera with a gameboy emulator! Has anyone done that does anyone know?

That's the best damned idea I've seen in a while. I must find out if its been done!


EDIT: apparently GEST has it, not sure if opensource or even Linux :blink:


EDIT2: Opensource but Windows only

 

[Prometheus]

I don't know about using webcams to emulate the Game Boy Camera, but there seems to be plenty out there on using the Game Boy Camera as a webcam!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/m5i-0nvXrbQ?feature=oembed

 

[Asmo]

Eeeh, I have one of those somewhere! Makes me all nostalgic for one of these too:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PXL-2000

 

[Halcyon]

I don't know about using webcams to emulate the Game Boy Camera, but there seems to be plenty out there on using the Game Boy Camera as a webcam!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/m5i-0nvXrbQ?feature=oembed

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